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A gold chain of directions, with twenty gold-linkes of love, to preserve love firm between husband and wife during their lives ... by Immanuel Bourne ...
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Bourne, Immanuel, 1590-1672.
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yea and many times at least too often and upon light occasions when we should be amiable kind and loving to each other 2 Tim. 3.6 Pro. 11.20 Eph. 4.31 32. with content and quietness and without thy special Grace we cannot bridle these unruly Distempers of our spirits It is in great danger 〈◊〉 12.3 we did think better of our selves and of each other in our Choice then we find by proof to have fallen out since our Marriage-union it is well if we had right grounds of our Love to each other and that it was not rather for by-respects then for the true ends of marriage namely that we might be true and meet Helpers one to another for this and a better life Gen. 2.20 O Lord I thy most humble Servant most earnestly beg pardon Isa 55.7 if either of us failed in any of these respects as I fear we did Now yet there is mercy O Lord in thy Christ to encourage us boldly to come to thy Throne of Grace And therefore now O Father let the bowels of thy mercy be moved towards us Isa 63.15 and give us those necessary Graces by which we may be inabled to walk towards thee our God and one towards an other as becomes the honourable estate of marriage I bless thy most holy Name O Lord that thou hast kept and preserved thy Servant and I am well assured my dear Husband from those dreadful Vices which do so highly dishonour this honourable estate Gen. 20.6 In whatsoever we have failed give pardon unto us I most humbly intreat thee O Father in Christ our blessed Advocate 1 Joh. 2.1 2. and heal our Natures that we may henceforth truly evidence our sincere love one to another and keep I beseech thee that rash impatient unadvised immoderate anger nor any other distemper may prove a root of bitterness sprung up between us Eph. 4.26 Let not the Sun go down upon any such wrath but that we may sleep quietly and lovingly together And preserve me I beseech thee with thy Grace that I may not by any unadvised words or deeds provoke my Husband to do that which may prove sorrow discomfort and disprofit to us both But give me wisdome at all times when any thing is said 1 Sam. 25.25 26 27 to 38. done or doing contrary to the Rules of Love between Husband and Wife that I may endeavour by all fair means in love and by sweet allurements or perswasions to prevent any evil or further him in any good work whatsoever And I beseech thee my God make me wise as Abigail to know how and when to speak to him for thy Glory and the mutual good of us and all ours enable me to give him that reverence and honour which is due to him Eph. 5.33 as my Lord and Husband and give to him that gracious affection towards me that he may give me that loving respect and honour which is due to me as the weaker Vessel 1 Pet. 3.7 that he may dwell with me as a man of knowledge and we may live together as Heirs of the Grace of Life that our Prayers be not hindred Give him O Lord wisdome with thy blessing and a faithful provident endeavour to provide for his own Rom 12.17 for them of his own house as a Husband and a Christian ought to do 1 Tim. 5.8 And grant to me wisdome and grace to look well to the wayes of my Houshold that I may do my Husband good and not hurt all the dayes of my life Prov. 31.12 27. Bless O Lord the Children and the Family which thou hast or shalt of thy goodness bestow upon us Let our Children be as perpetual Pledges of Love between us make them thy Children I most humbly pray thee Lord inable us with care and conscience to be provident for the pious and virtuous Education of our Children Prov. 31.28 according to our Estate and Callings that they may rise up and call us blessed I beseech thee blesse our Estate that we may provide for them a comfortable Living in some honourable or honest Callings while we live and when thou shalt take us from them take them for thy Children and give them in thy due time that Inheritance in which they shall be blessed and happy for ever And put thy holy fear into the Hearts of our Servants that they may first serve thee faithfully and then they will serve us honestly and justly all the time of their habitation with us Be gracious to thy beloved Children all over the Earth Isa 63.9 comfort the afflicted Members of Jesus Christ wheresoever or howsoever distressed amidst the Kingdomes of the World Isa 12.13 exalt the Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Bless our most gracious King the Queens Majesty the Royal Family with all the Estates and Orders of Men in Church and Common-wealth preserve the Gospel of Peace Eph. 6.15 and the Peace of the Gospel in these Nations until Christ come to Judgment if it be thy blessed will Remember in mercy all our Relations and especially all such who ever have desired or deserved our Prayers Prepare us all for Eternity for Christ's sake in whose name I thy unworthy Mandmaid beg these and all needful Mercies in that Prayer which our blessed Saviour gave his Disciples Our Father which art in Heaven c. BEloved if any Man or Womans Devotion be so strict as to think these Prayers too long let them search if any thing be begged of God which neither they nor any they ought to pray for want they may pass over that Petition And if there want any Petition for any particular thing not prayed for they may add that Petition if they please according to their present occasions The Lord hear and give a blessing All glory be to God the Father Son and Holy Ghost now and for ever Amen So prayers your Servant in Christ Immanuel Bourne FINIS
4. 1 Sam. 1.15 nor poured out our soul to God like Hannah and therefore if any discomfort or disagreement have fallen out between us we may well thank our selves that we have not had wisdome and power to do better 1 Chron. 15.13 because we have not sought them at God's hand James 4.2 3. or not in a right manner for although thou God doest freely promise Blessings to his Church yet he will be enquired of Ezek. 36.37 and pray'd unto by his Children for his Graces or any the like mercies O therefore most gracious Father I most humbly intreat thee give 〈◊〉 me and my wife truly humble and penitent and contrite hearts Mic. 6.6 Isaiah 57.15 16. for this and all our former failings and give us wisdome and strength of grace for the time to come rightly to perform our duties to thee our God and mutually one to another whilst we live that so our Marriage may be a joyful and Christian-like merry-age indeed Prov. 5.18 19 20 21. to thy glory and our comfort to the end of our lives O then give us grace I most humbly beseech thee to fly all occasions of discord or disagreement that there may never be any such breach between us thy Servants as there hath been between too many Husbands and Wives in the World Let it be far from us upon any discontent unkindly to separate one from another 1 Cor. 7.5 except it be with consent for a time that we may give our selves to fasting and prayer and come together again willingly and joyfully as we ought to do And if either of us have failed in our Choice in not following the Apostles Rule to have been careful to marry in the Lord or any other Scripture Directions to have been considered better before hand 1 Cor. 7.39 for our comfortable Communion in Marriage I most humbly beg pardon for that which is past for the Merits sake of my dear Redeemer And now O blessed Lord give us thy heavenly Grace that we may follow the Directions of thy most holy word set before us Psal 119.105 and truly and religiously seek by all good means the eternal Salvation of both our Souls that we may be happy here and hereafter O give us wisdome to cherish love and increase it in one towards and with the other And let there be no bitterness between us in word or deed give us contentedness of mind with our present Condition 1 Tim. 6.6 7 8. Keep us truly faithful to each other according to our Marriage-Covenant in obedience to thy Command and fear of thy heavenly Majesty who art present in all places and before whose all-seeing-eyes all things are open and naked that we have done or shall do all the dayes of our lives Jer. 23.23 Give us I most humbly intreat thee Heb. 4.13 Prov. 6.34 35. Cant. 8.6 wisdome and power to avoid all occasions of jealousie that our hearts may truly trust one another in the Lord Numb 5.14 that peace and happiness may be our portion all our dayes help us by thy spirits grace to pray one for another and to seek thy blessing upon our selves and for our Children which thou hast or shalt in thy goodness graciously give thy Servants Gen. 33.5 inable us to bring them up in the fear and nurture and admonition of thee O Lord that they may fear and honour thee as their heavenly Father Prov. 1.7 Prov. 10.27 and obey us as is fit in thee our Lord as their earthly Parents that a blessing may be upon us and upon them and their Posterity to many Generations If it be thy blessed will bless I pray thee our Servants and our substance which thou hast or shalt bestow upon us It is thy blessing Prov. 10.22 O Lord which maketh rich and addeth no sorrow with it Be gracious I most humbly beseech thee to thy Church thorough the World Blesse these Nations and in them our most gracious King and his Royal Queen with his Royal Family and his Kingdoms with all Estates and Orders of Men in Church and in Common wealth Grant O Lord that Truth and Peace Zach. 8.19 Righteousness and Love with the Gospel of Peace may be a blessing to these Nations to Us and Ours to the end of the World if it be thy blessed will and pleasure Hear thy unworthy Servant most merciful God and grant that what I have asked according to thy Will and whatsoever else thou knowest necessary for this life or that happy life to come I most humbly beg them further in that Prayer which Christ Jesus hath taught us Our Father which art in Heaven c. A special Closet or secret Prayer for a Wife to seek the Lord for her Self and her Husband and Family that they may have grace and strength from God through Christ to perform their mutual Duties to each other live happily together and enjoy Gods blessing upon them and theirs for ever O Most loving God Isa 63.16 and my most tender Father in Jesus Christ Thou art Love and thy holy Spirit hath witnessed that he who dwelleth in Love 1 Joh. 4.16 dwelleth in thee O God and thou in him thou who didst require by thy blessed Son Jesus Mat. 5.44 That we should love our Enemies Eph. 5.25 and much more our Friends Husbands their Wives Titus 2. and Wives their Husbands and those that are near related unto them Behold 1 Sam. 1.11 I thy unworthy Hand-Maid a woman feeble in devotion 1 Pet. 3.7 the weaker Vessel who standeth in great need of thy strength and the help of thy spirit of grace Rom. 8.26 to inable me to seek thy face Psal 27.8 which I should be fearful to do but that thou hast not said to the Seed of Jacob Isa 45.19 Seek my Face in vain yea thou hast promised they that seek thee early shall find thee O let me find thee gracious Lord this day Prov. 8.17 and find help from thee in time of need Heb. 4.16 Thou in thy most wise Providence hast brought me into the Covenant-Bonds of holy Marriage with my dearly beloved Husband Mal. 2.14 15. we have taken one another for better or for worse for richer or for poorer to love and to cherish one another in sicknesse and in health and to keep us faithful to each other until death separate us I find by direction from thy word that there are many duties both proper to each and common both to Husband and Wife which by experience we may find without strength of grace from thee in thy Christ our Saviour we are not able to fulfil our very Natures are corrupt Psal 53.1 2 3. and we are subject sometimes to fretting passions provocations and vain desires 1 Sam. 1.6 Isa 32.4 yea subject to rashness and rash anger peevish discontent Act. 19.36 Pro. 21.19 Pro. 25.24 contention and frowardness